Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2016, 3:52 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 2016, 3:52 PM CDT (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 4:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Melrose, MN | . |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 1:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 119 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 952 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -326 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1116 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
764
WUUS53 KMPX 252052
SVRMPX
MNC067-145-252145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0098.160625T2052Z-160625T2145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
352 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 352 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM ELROSA TO NEAR NORWAY LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
MELROSE AROUND 410 PM CDT.
FREEPORT AROUND 420 PM CDT.
PAYNESVILLE AROUND 425 PM CDT.
ST. ANTHONY AND ALBANY AROUND 430 PM CDT.
HOLDINGFORD AROUND 445 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE LAKE
HENRY...GEORGEVILLE...GREENWALD...ELROSA...NORWAY
LAKE...FARMING...NEW MUNICH...MEIRE GROVE...ROSCOE AND ST. MARTIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4577 9444 4533 9466 4531 9514 4565 9499
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 251DEG 25KT 4557 9495 4534 9507
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF3 follow-up statements
715
WWUS53 KMPX 252103
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
403 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016
MNC067-145-252145-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-160625T2145Z/
STEARNS MN-KANDIYOHI MN-
403 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL STEARNS AND NORTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES...
AT 403 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR GREENWALD TO NEAR GEORGEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
MELROSE AROUND 410 PM CDT.
FREEPORT AROUND 415 PM CDT.
ST. ANTHONY...ALBANY AND PAYNESVILLE AROUND 425 PM CDT.
HOLDINGFORD AROUND 435 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE MEIRE
GROVE...LAKE HENRY...ROSCOE...GEORGEVILLE...ST. MARTIN...PAYNESVILLE
AIRPORT...GREENWALD...SPRING HILL...FARMING AND REGAL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4577 9444 4533 9466 4531 9505 4568 9487
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 256DEG 29KT 4559 9480 4535 9496
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF014
WWUS53 KMPX 252120
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
420 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016
MNC067-145-252145-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-160625T2145Z/
STEARNS MN-KANDIYOHI MN-
420 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL STEARNS AND NORTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES...
AT 419 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM ALBANY TO PAYNESVILLE AIRPORT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
ST. ANTHONY AND ALBANY AROUND 425 PM CDT.
HOLDINGFORD AROUND 430 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE LAKE
HENRY...ROSCOE...ST. MARTIN...PAYNESVILLE AIRPORT...SPRING
HILL...FARMING... REGAL AND NEW MUNICH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4577 9444 4533 9466 4532 9492 4562 9481
4570 9476
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 254DEG 34KT 4563 9459 4539 9475
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF554
WWUS53 KMPX 252130 RRA
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
430 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016
MNC067-145-252140-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-160625T2145Z/
STEARNS MN-KANDIYOHI MN-
430 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL STEARNS AND
NORTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
THE TWIN CITIES.
LAT...LON 4577 9444 4533 9466 4532 9492 4562 9481
4570 9476
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 251DEG 25KT 4563 9459 4539 9475
$$
BORGHOFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2:59 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin and 11 more | 15 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 46 min |
| Jun 25, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 24 min |
| Jun 25, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 17 min |
| Jun 25, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 53 min |
| Jun 25, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison | 23 min |
| Jun 25, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Isanti | 25 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.